Hope is necessary in every condition.

The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man will by the love of money be tempted to forego.

We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody, and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and at last always will be greatest, when our endeavours are exerted in consequence of our duty.

As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.

Irresolution and mutability are often the faults of men whose views are wide, and whose imagination is vigorous and excursive.

Avarice is a uniform and tractable vice; other intellectual distempers are different in different constitutions of mind. That which soothes the pride of one will offend the pride of another, but to the favor of the covetous bring money, and nothing is denied.

Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients.